5-yr old girl burnt to death in Bayelsa

The sleepy riverside settlement of Ogbogoro in
the outskirts of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital
was Thursday night thrown into mourning
following the burning to death of a five year old
girl in an inferno. The deceased child, simply identified as Princess,
eyewitnesses told Saturday Vanguard, was a
daughter of a policeman attached to the Osiama
Division of the State Police Command in Southern
Ijaw local government area of the state. It was gathered that the inferno which occurred at
about 7.30pm was caused by a burning candle. Saturday Vanguard learnt that at the time of the
incident, the mother of the deceased was in the
market selling crayfish while the father was away
at his duty post in the creek of the state. It was learnt that the sister to the deceased, who
is a Junior Secondary School (JSS) student, had
made use of the candle light in solving her
school homework. She was said to have left the candle burning and
went out to get some foodstuff for her siblings. ”While she was away, the candle fell and set
ablaze the fabrics on the floor of the room. The
deceased and her 7-year old brother, Henry, were
in the room but attempt by the latter to wake the
sister proved abortive,” the source said.